OpenAI’s GPT-5 cuts protein synthesis costs by 40%
OpenAI just teamed up with Ginkgo Bioworks to hook GPT-5 directly into an automated cloud lab, slashing cell-free protein synthesis costs by 40%. The model autonomously designed and evaluated over 36,000 reaction mixtures across robotic plates, setting a new low-cost benchmark in three rounds. It proves closed-loop AI labs can tackle physical biology bottlenecks, though it's currently only tested on one protein.